John 6:1-24 ▼

1 After these thinges Iesus wet his waye over the see of Galile nye to a cyte called Tiberias.

2 And a greate multitude folowed him because they had sene his myracles which he dyd on them that were diseased.

3 And Iesus went vp into a mountayne and there he sate with his disciples.

4 And ester a feast of ye Iewes was nye.

5 Then Iesus lifte vp his eyes and sawe a greate copany come vnto him and sayde vnto Philip: whence shall we bye breed yt these might eate.

6 This he sayde to prove him: for he him sylfe knewe what he wolde do.

7 Philip answered him two hondred peny worthe of breed are not sufficient for them yt every ma have a litell.

8 Then sayde vnto him one of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother.

9 There ys a lad here which hath fyve barly loves and two fisshes: but what is that amoge so many?

10 And Iesus sayde. Make the people sit doune: Ther was moche grasse in the place. And the men sate doune in nombre about five thousande.

11 And Iesus toke the breed and gave thankes and gave to the disciples and his disciples to them that were set doune. And lykwyse of the fysshes as moche as they wolde.

12 When they had eate ynough he sayd vnto his disciples: gadder vp the broke meate that remayneth: that nothinge be loost.

13 And they gadered it to geder and fylled twelve baskettes with the broken meate of the five barly loves which broken meate remayned vnto the that had eaten.

14 Then the men when they had sene the myracle that Iesus dyd sayde: This is of a trueth the Prophet that shuld come into the worlde.

15 When Iesus perceaved that they wolde come and take him vp to make him kinge he departed agayne into a mountayne him silfe a lone.

16 And when eve was come his disciples wet vnto the see

17 and entred into a shyppe and went over the see vnto Capernaum. And anone it was darcke and Iesus was not come to them.

18 And ye see arose with a greate winde yt blew.

19 And when they had rowe aboute a .xxv. or a xxx. furlonges they sawe Iesus walke on ye see and drawe nye vnto the shyp and they were afrayed.

20 And he sayde vnto them: It is I be not a frayde.

21 Then wolde they have receaved him into the shyp and the ship was by and by at the londe whyther they went.

22 The daye folowynge the people which stode on the other syde of the see sawe that ther was none other shyp theare save yt one wher in his disciples were entred and that Iesus went not in with his disciples into the ship: but that his disciples were gone awaye alone.

23 How be it ther came other shippes from Tiberias nye vnto the place where they ate breed when the Lorde had blessed.

24 Then whe the people sawe that Iesus was not there nether his disciples they also toke shippinge and came to Caparnaum sekinge for Iesus.